Guide to the Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- AIS.1998.30.10

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
Dick Thornburgh Papers, Series X. Re-election Campaign for Governor
Creator
Thornburgh, Dick
Collection Number
AIS.1998.30.10
Extent
40 Linear Feet
Date
1982
Abstract
The re-election campaign was officially kicked off in March 1982. Dick Thornburgh knew he still had goals to achieve, especially an economic development plan. Democrat three-term U.S. Congressman, Allen Ertel, of Williamsport, announced his candidacy for Governor in February 1982, and was joined by James Lloyd for Lieutenant Governor. Although the first statewide poll showed Thornburgh and Scranton with a 56-33 percent lead, Reagan's waning popularity in view of the economic recession was a danger sign for Republican candidates. After the election, the number of GOP Governors nationwide fell from twenty-three to sixteen and only three Republicans, in the largest states most affected by the recession, won. Of those Thornburgh's winning margin was by far the largest. The campaign files here document the Thornburgh administration's accomplishments to date, with related backup material and TV ads. The campaign news clippings monitor the progress of the campaign as do the MOR (Market Opinion Research) polls. The files are divided as follows: Campaign Plans and Announcement; Achievements Binders; Achievement Ads and Backup Information; Campaign Positions; Opposition Research, Potential Candidates; Opposition Research, Ertel and Lloyd; Campaign in Progress; Events; Press Files; News Clippings; and Post Election and Inaugural. There are four scrapbooks that contain some material not available elsewhere, particularly some staff notes and memoranda. Digital reproductions of portions of the collection are available online.
Language
English .
Subtitle
Series X. Re-election Campaign for Governor, 1982
Author
Nancy Watson
Sponsor
This finding aid is available on line as result of a Commonwealth of Pennsylvania grant to the University of Pittsburgh and with collaboration of the Archives Service Center and the Digital Research Library.
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
URL: http://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dick Thornburgh, February 27, 1998

Previous Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh

Preferred Citation

Dick Thornburgh Papers, 1932- , AIS.1998.30, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Nancy Watson, Curator of the Thornburgh Papers, Holly Mengel, Project Archivist, and a team of graduate students. Processing was made possible by a grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2002.

Revision and rearrangement for the encoded version of the finding aid provided by Holly Mengel in 2004. Information about the collection title and the controlled access terms was extracted from the MARC record in the University of Pittsburgh catalog Voyager ID number: 3608599

Copyright

Permission for publication is given on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Subjects

    Corporate Names

    • Pennsylvania. Governor -- Elections, 1982
    • Kirkpatrick & Lockhart

    Personal Names

    • Thornburgh, Ginny (Judson)
    • Thornburgh, Dick
    • Lloyd, James R.
    • Ertel, Allen E.
    • Scranton, William W. (William Warren)

    Geographic Names

    • Pennsylvania -- Politics and government -- 1951-
    • Pennsylvania -- Economic conditions

    Other Subjects

    • Urban renewal -- Pennsylvania -- Pittsburgh
    • Organized crime -- United States
    • Economic development projects -- Pennsylvania
    • Industrial promotion -- Pennsylvania
    • Factory and trade waste -- Environmental aspects
    • Pollution -- Law and legislation
    • Education
    • Tourism -- Pennsylvania
    • Personal papers
    • Political campaigns -- Pennsylvania
    • Government
    • Public schools -- Pennsylvania
    • Politics
    • Business and Industry
    • School improvement programs -- Pennsylvania
    • Education -- Pennsylvania
    • Environment

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